February 20, 2025 — RFK directs the CDC not to advertise flu vaccinations
In early 2025, the anti-vax movement was as numerous as it had ever been. The covid epidemic had radicalised a...
August 20, 2010
The Past
February 13, 2025 — Robert Kennedy, Jr. assumes office as Secretary of Health
As far as getting the worst possible person for the job goes, it’s hard to beat the appointment of notorious...
August 25, 2010
February 1, 2025 — Trump applies tarriffs on all Canadian imports
It’s fair to say that your average Canadian on the street (or in their Tim Horton’s) did not respond well...
August 26, 2010
January 20, 2025 — Donald Trump renames the Gulf of Mexico
President Trump issued Executive Order 14172 on January 20, 2025. The order directed the interior secretary to adopt the name...
September 5, 2010
December 25, 2024 — Donald Trump announces his plan to annex Canada
At first it seemed like he was joking. Not that it was funny, but then, the remarks Trump usually claimed...
April 4, 2011
December 22, 2024 — Donald Trump announces his plan to annex Greenland
While the idea of the USA taking over Greenland is hardly a new one – the earliest records of it...
April 5, 2011
December 21, 2024 — Donald Trump announces his intention to reclaim the Panama Canal for the USA
On 21 December 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that the United States should retake control of the Panama Canal from...
June 5, 2011
April 30, 2024 — Police “restore order” at Cal Poly Humboldt
Cal Poly Humboldt was only one of the many, many universities across the world that saw students protest the Israeli...
August 24, 2011
October 20, 2022 — Liz Truss steps down as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The odds were always against Liz Truss as Prime Minister. She was the fourth Conservative Prime Minister in a row,...
December 10, 2011
October 19, 2020 — Jeffrey Toobin caught masturbating on a Zoom call
Jeffrey Toobin was a respected lawyer, writer and legal analyst. He’d worked extensively in the legal profession, written several books...
January 25, 2012
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